Yeah, this is great stuff. They started those commercials about a month ago - that's when you know you *really* suck - Come see what celebrity will sing during the 7th inning!

Reminds me of those few years when the Bulls basically marketed by saying, "Come see Shaq, Kobe, etc."

Hell, we can say the same thing about the Sox marketing this season. It didn't exactly excite the fan base, hence, the miserable number of season tickets/advanced sales. Marketing departments of sports teams are in a bind when your team is expected to suck.

Please tell me you're being sarcastic and you just forgot to use teal.

I do that sometimes. I mean really, I know I'm not a big cheese around here, but my sentiments on this subject have been pretty consistent. I must fly way below the radar. I just like to every now and then.

Hell, we can say the same thing about the Sox marketing this season. It didn't exactly excite the fan base, hence, the miserable number of season tickets/advanced sales. Marketing departments of sports teams are in a bind when your team is expected to suck.

I agree with this on several points. Marketing is a tough when your team is a loser. But sometimes I think Ricketts believes everything will be okay as long the team sells the singing, the ivy and the rooftops. It is getting stale.

Maybe the team should save some money and not run any commercials. Soemtimes things should be left unsaid.

This whining by the Cubs reminds me of the Dusty-era whining they used to do when they played the White Sox. I remember there was an instance where he took exception to a Sox player sliding hard into 2nd to break up a double play. I think there were others too.